How it works:Each weekday, Tween Tribune scours the Internet for age-appropriate news stories that will interest students in Grades 1-12, then invites them to post comments. All comments are approved by teachers before they are published.

A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate slides and leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). Share a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too.

Check your math fact fluency

XtraMath is a web-based program used to increase speed and accuracy in arithmetic. Your child is invited to spend a few minutes each day practicing math on the computer. In order to log in, students will need to remember their password and my email address (abonanni@bsdvt.org). Students are expected to have their multiplication facts memorized before the end of fifth grade. XtraMath is a fun program which helps with this if used consistently.